The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-09
AUTOMATIC MACHINEs
The EngIlsh People Excited Over Thena-A
Funny state OF Affairs.

The EngIAsh People Excited Ovor Inom-h
Funny state OF Affairs.
The automatic machine Is the latest thing
to throw the English people into state OF
mind. The automatic principle confined In
this country, as yet, to mock and humble
weighing machines In hooks and corners OF
railroad stations and barrooms. has In Eng
land developed from similar lowly beginning
into notorious and arrogant nuisance. that
plants itself In every available public place,
even along the streets, and persistently and
insidiously tempts the wayfarer to the pur-
chase and absorption OF clay candy, gum
arabic butter SCOTCH weak backed pens damp
postal cards. and other destroyers OF mental
and physical well-being at the expense OF q
penny for each indulgence.
The gradual encroachmonts OF the automa-
ton upon sidewalks and pocketbooks were
submitted to, however. without question. and
were even enjoyed after 1t was discovered that
bits OF cardboard the size OF q penny would
make the wheels 20 round just as we'll as q
real coin, while for whole party to utilize a
weighing machine ut the expense OF ono penny
1t was only necessary that one person should
not step off the platform until the next one
stepped on. But when the machines acquired
habit Of failing to yield up that for which
q penny had been dropped into their
NAV. tho shoe was on the other foot,
and the English public unrose at once. Usually
the man who. after furtively dropping in his
penny and hearing 1t rumble away into cav
ernous depths beyond his reach, received nc n'
Si@seIf with raging internally for while
and then writing to, the Times about it; but
Ese psnnes into the easp q %acSne at
butter Scotch. iorthwSith Kicked over ths ma.
chine, for which violence he was hailed before q
magistrate. fined. and sent to prison for three
days.
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dishonest practices to boys who would other
wise never dream q such thing; they &c. en-
tice Of always asking for, pennies: and they
produce all around u new kind OF demoraliza-
sdms T a sess oa
ferable to endurance Of the average young
person who stands behind a counter" o., bnt
ing to WorE." the editor advises that they be-
smashed by the, first victim who has money
ebsp to 81
paper asks an sfe
given into charge Of the police A hawker who
should refuse to part with penny watch chain.
Windmill, copper saucepan; or 2 copy 81
would be Instantly run in. Then why not an
automatic machine2 With the help Of a screw:
driver and q wheelbarrow the offender could
be conducted to the nearest station, and kept
there I'M the owner presented himself to give
The defence made in behalf of the machines
is that what they make by failing to work "
IL no more than what they lose by being ir-
regularly, worked by bits of cardboard OF
break up their states In order to get chocolate,
and who even sacrifice their jubilee medals t e
was testified that the packets Of sweets were
frequently. obtained IN this way. and that as
many as forty or fifty pieces Of cardboard
the boy who was caught manipulating ma
chine with bradawl and cardboard pennies
be taken home and whipped by his father.